Any man who enters the order now, in view of what he must submit to at and after the age of 65, ought to have his sanity inquired into. It is high time the State should intervene and protect the public from the schemes of these fraternal orders. The fraternity is humbug, and for every loss paid there are many more losses to society from which it should be protected. The correct scheme of insurance has not yet been discovered or announced, but when it is it will not be gambling or commercialism, but will be simply indemnity—which it should have been from the start.
THE PEOPLE
BY JOHN P. SJOLANDER.
It is well with the world, my masters,
It is well with the world and you,
When we move along with a smile and song,
’Mid the tasks we are set to do.
And the song and the smile of the People
Should be ever your compass and chart.
Oh! ’tis well with you when the song rings true